Where does “pulă” come from?

pulă (Romanian) comes from Latin pulla, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

pulă (Romanian): dick, cock; dick, dickhead; nobody

Definitions

  1. dick, cock; dick, dickhead; nobody

Ancestry of “pulă”, step by step

pulă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pulla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpullanominative feminine singular of pullus;...
2LatinpullusA young animal; darling; dark-colored; dusky
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray

via Vulgar Latin pulla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpullanominative feminine singular of pullus;...

Words derived from “pulă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European polHwós →Every word from Latin pullus →